Ryan Frank
Podiatrist · Independence, MONPI 1528062130
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $12,150 of the $14,567 with a category attached, or 83.4%. Acera Surgical, Inc. accounts for 84.2% of it on its own, with 29 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $12,643 and has fallen 98.8% since, to $157 in 2025. Among podiatrist clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 101 payments — averaging $144.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$12K
- Organogenesis Inc.$705
- AbbVie$278
- Kerecis Limited$255
- Nevro Corp.$140
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$106
- plus $815 from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1111%
- Food & beverage$2,30616%
- Other$12,15083%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 7 | $12,269 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 17 | $705 |
| AbbVie | 12 | $278 |
| Kerecis Limited | 5 | $255 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $140 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 9 | $106 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $88 |
| Convatec Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 4 | $55 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $52 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 3 | $50 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Surgenex LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $39 |
| Merck | 3 | $38 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $26 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Amgen | 1 | $22 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $18 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $16 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $12 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$14,567 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 105 podiatrist providers in Missouri.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 16 | $445 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 24 | $254 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 11 | $185 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $146 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 22 | $144 |
| Levofloxacin | 13 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Independence
- Melanie GonzalezIndependence$5K
- Arthur WeismanIndependence$3K
- Jacqueline PyleIndependence$1K
- William DukeJefferson City$54K
- Kiera Benge-SheaSaint Louis$28K
- Thomas BoldryLiberty$19K
- Neil ErmitanoSaint Louis$14K
- John HarnessOverland$14K
- Brittany StaplesCreve Coeur$13K
- Daniel NarowitzSaint Louis$12K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.